154 XEROPHILA VIRGATA. 
The sub-var. inflata Westerlund has a greatly swollen and variously banded 
shell, with a red-brown submarginal rib. Diam., 20-22 mill. ; alt., 14-15 mill. 
The sub-var. turgida Bl. and Westl., is described in exactly the same terms 
as var. inflata, except that the peristome is stated to be light-brown and the inner 
marginal rib whitish. Diam., 20 mill. ; alt., 13 mill. 
Fic. 239. Fic. 240. Fic. 241. 
Fic. 239.—X. virgata var. tumida Westerlund, Bari, Apulia, Italy (after Kobelt). 
Fic. 240.—NX. virgata var. dilatata Sikes ms. (reduced), Appledore, Kent, Rev. C. I’. Cribb. 
Fic. 241.—X. virgata var. inflata Westerlund, Taranto, Apulia, Italy (after Kobelt). 
The sub-var. tumida Westerlund is a very large form, but is similarly charae- 
terized by its shape, but has somewhat radiate zigzag markings, and a bright lilae 
aperture ; the lip is broad and red-brown in colour. Diam., 30 mill.; alt., 22-23 mill. 
The sub var. variata Westerlund (which is synonymous with H. variabilis 
var. turbinata of Cafici) has the penultimate and body-whorl much swollen and 
rapidly increasing in size; the body-whorl being tumidly rounded. Diam., 18-20 
mill. ; alt., 15-20 mill. 
The sub-var. dilatata Sikes mss. has the last whorl more dilated, the base 
more convex, the umbilicus somewhat larger, and the aperture less oblique and 
loftier than in type shells. 
BRITISH DISTRIBUTION. 
England—The var. subglobosa Jeffreys is recorded by its author from St. Mawes, 
near Falmouth, Cornwall; by Miss Hele from the sandhills, Weston-super-Mare, 
North Somerset ; from the vicinity of Swanage, Dorset, by Mr. William E. Brady ; 
from Winchester Downs, Hampshire, by Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin; from Folkestone, 
fast Kent, by Mrs. Fitzgerald ; from Charing, West Kent, by Canon Horsley ; 
from Lowestoft, Suffolk, by Mr. J. E. Mayfield ; from Cooper’s Hill, Gloucester, 
by Mr. E. Simpson ; and from Durdham Downs, Bristol, by Mr. J. W. Cundall. 
The sub-var. dilatata has been found in April, 1899, at Broadstairs, Kent, by 
Mr. F. H. Sikes; and at Appledore, Kent, by Rev. C. T. Cribb. 
Wales—Reported from Pembroke at Penally and Black Rock, Tenby, and from 
Flintshire at Voryd, Rhyl, by Mr. G. 8S. Tye. 
Ireland—Recorded by Dr. Jeffreys from Bantry Bay, Kerry. 
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION. 
Italy—The sub-var. inflata is recorded from Italy at Taranto, Apulia, by Dr. 
Kobelt ; and was collected by Mr. F. H. Sikes at Pompeii in 1909. 
The sub-var. twmida is recorded and figured from Bari, Apulia, by Dr. Kobelt. 
The sub-var. turgida is recorded from South Italy. 
The sub-var. variata is cited by Dr. Kobelt from Calatafimi and Messina, Sicily. 
Var. depressa Requien. 
Helix variabilis var. depressa Requien, Catal. Corse, 1848, p. 45. 
Helix variabilis var. B, C, and G Gassies, Moll. Agenais, 1849, p. 79. 
Helix virgata var. subaperta Jeffreys, Brit Conch., 1862, vol. i, p. 210. 
Helix variabilis var. depressa Bourg., Mal. Alger., 1864. vol. i, p. 226, pl. 36, ff. 7—9. 
Helix virgata var. variabilis f. depressa Westl., Faun. Palzarct., 1889, p. 166. 
Helix lauta Lowe, Prim. faun. Mader., 1831, p. 53, pl. v, f. 575. 
Helix cyzicensis v. durtalensis Germain, Moll. Maine-et-Loire, 1903, i, ». 124, pl.2, ff.1,2. 
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Helix variabilis var. durtalensis Germain, op. cit., 1904, p. 95, pl. ii, ff. 1.2. 
SMELL depressed. 
The var. depressa of Requien is a descriptive name. The sub-var. de: ressa of 
Bourguignat is described as of moderate size with a depressed spire and a diameter 
of 16-17 mill. and an altitude of 12-13 mill. The sub-var. depressa of Westerlund 
is depressed or quite flat, umbilieus wider and less overspread by the reflected lip ; 
size variable, the ratio of altitude being about two-thirds of the diameter, 
